| epidemiology of cutaneous leishmaniasis at a focus monitored by the multinational force and observers in the northeastern sinai desert of egypt. | a longitudinal epidemiologic study of cutaneous leishmaniasis (cl) transmission was conducted between july 1989 and june 1991 in a 1,200-km2 sector of the northeastern sinai desert monitored by the multinational force and observers (mfo), an international peace keeping mission between egypt and israel. the occurrence of human cases, sand fly density, rodent collection, and isolations of leishmania confirmed only one of four surveyed locations as a significant focus of cl transmission. phlebotomu ... | 1993 | 8250099 |
| peptone-liver (p-l) a new culture medium for the egyptian leishmania major. | leishmania major promastigotes isolated from an egyptian zcl patient, was inoculated 4 x 10(6)/ml in a new culture medium, peptone-liver (p-l), with a final concentration of 10% of fcs (fetal calf serum), and incubated at 25+/-1 degrees c. meanwhile, the same number of promastigotes were inoculated in schneider's drosophila medium as control. on the 10th day, number of l. major promastigotes reached 29,25 x 10(6)/ml. the same number was obtained with schneider's drosophila medium within four day ... | 2003 | 12739799 |
| profiling of human acquired immunity against the salivary proteins of phlebotomus papatasi reveals clusters of differential immunoreactivity. | phlebotomus papatasi sand flies are among the primary vectors of leishmania major parasites from morocco to the indian subcontinent and from southern europe to central and eastern africa. antibody-based immunity to sand fly salivary gland proteins in human populations remains a complex contextual problem that is not yet fully understood. we profiled the immunoreactivities of plasma antibodies to sand fly salivary gland sonicates (sgss) from 229 human blood donors residing in different regions of ... | 2014 | 24615125 |
| bionomics of phlebotomine sandflies at a peacekeeping duty site in the north of sinai, egypt. | a longitudinal entomological survey for sandflies was conducted from 1989 to 1991 at a focus of enzootic cutaneous leishmaniasis in northeast sinai, egypt, within the border region monitored by multinational peacekeepers. standardized sampling with cdc light traps, oiled paper "sticky traps", and human landing collection was employed to determine monthly trends in species composition, density, sex ratio, and reproductive status of vector sandflies. each collection method independently defined sa ... | 2007 | 17270138 |
| leishmania major in an egyptian patient manifested as diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis. | diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis (dcl) is an unusual form of cutaneous leishmaniasis mainly caused by infection with leishmania aethiopica in the old world. in this paper, diffuse cutaneous leishmaniasis was reported for the first time, in an egyptian patient from sinai peninsula resulting from infection with l. major zymodeme lond-1 as proved by enzymatic characterization, using seven enzymes. | 1997 | 9097542 |
| leishmania tropica in egypt: an undesirable import. | cutaneous as well as visceral leishmaniasis has been previously reported in egypt. the former clinical manifestation is attributed to leishmania major, the latter to l. infantum. in this study, l. tropica was isolated from an egyptian labourer returning from saudi arabia. amastigotes were detected by both giemsa staining and indirect immunofluorescence using rabbit anti-gp63. promastigotes from schneider's medium were typed isoenzymatically as l. tropica. in view of the emerging threat of viscer ... | 1996 | 8665393 |
| gerbillus pyramidum is a host of leishmania major in the sinai peninsula. | | 1987 | 3503651 |
| the characterization of leishmania major from phlebotomus papatasi (scopoli) caught in northern sinai, egypt. | | 1990 | 2096507 |
| biochemical characterization of leishmania major isolated from two egyptian patients. | leishmania major, the cause of human zoonotic cutaneous leishmaniasis, is a widely distributed parasite in the old world. here, we report the isoenzyme characterization of two human isolates obtained from egyptians who never travelled abroad. the two isolates were l. major equivalent to zymodene lond i. | 1991 | 2033298 |
| first case report of leishmania braziliensis panamensis in an endemic area for leishmania major in egypt. | | 1991 | 1845162 |
| environmental factors underlying spatial patterns of sand flies (diptera: psychodidae) associated with leishmaniasis in southern sinai, egypt. | although leishmania major is endemic in parts of the sinai of egypt, the ecology and distribution of leishmania sand fly vectors in southern sinai has not been well characterized. accordingly, additional sand fly samples were obtained at 41 sites in the southern sinai region during 1996-1997, and analyzed to improve the characterization of risk of sand fly-borne pathogens. using a geographic information system (gis), species-specific spatial distributions that might suggest zoonotic cutaneous le ... | 2012 | 22410540 |
| leishmaniasis transmission: distribution and coarse-resolution ecology of two vectors and two parasites in egypt. | in past decades, leishmaniasis burden has been low across egypt; however, changing environment and land use has placed several parts of the country at risk. as a consequence, leishmaniasis has become a particularly difficult health problem, both for local inhabitants and for multinational military personnel. | 2014 | 24603738 |
| experimental effect of feeding on ricinus communis and bougainvillea glabra on the development of the sand fly phlebotomus papatasi (diptera: psychodidae) from egypt. | plants are promising sources of agents useful for the control of vectors of human diseases including leishmaniasis. the effect of ricinus communis (euphorbiaceae) and bougainvillea glabra (nyctaginaceae), on transmission of leishmaniasis was investigated using them as diets for phlebotomus papatasi to monitor their effect on life-history traits. p. papatasi were allowed to feed separately on both plants then offered a blood-meal. fed-females were observed daily for egg-laying and subsequent deve ... | 2014 | 24961006 |